Jack Gordon trades
| Vancouver Canucks acquire | Date | Edmonton Oilers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Raimo Summanen | March 10, 1987 | Moe Lemay |  |
| Toronto Maple Leafs acquire | Date | Vancouver Canucks acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Rick Lanz | December 2, 1986 | Jim Benning | |
| Dan Hodgson | ||||
| Vancouver Canucks acquire | Date | Detroit Red Wings acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| future considerations (1988 6th round pick (#122-Phil von Stefenelli)) | November 21, 1986 | Doug Halward |  |
| Toronto Maple Leafs acquire | Date | Vancouver Canucks acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 5th round pick (#86-Len Esau) | October 2, 1986 | Brad Maxwell | |
| Boston Bruins acquire | Date | Vancouver Canucks acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Cam Neely | June 6, 1986 | Barry Pederson | |
| 1987 1st round pick (#3-Glen Wesley) | ||||
| Vancouver Canucks acquire | Date | Philadelphia Flyers acquire | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Richter | June 6, 1986 | Jean-Jacques Daigneault |  |
| Rich Sutter | 1986 2nd round pick (#28-Kent Hawley) | |||
| 1986 3rd round pick (#49-Don Gibson) | 1987 5th round pick (#87-Sean Fabian) | |||